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food desert

German translation: Lebensmittelwüste

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English term or phrase:food desert
German translation:Lebensmittelwüste
Entered by: Edith Kelly

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00:56 Sep 18, 2020
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Social Sciences - Nutrition
Additional field(s): Food & Drink, Government / Politics, Nutrition, Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: food desert
Definition from Cambridge Blog:
An area where there is little or no access to healthy food.

Example sentence(s):
  • These are also the groups most likely to live in food deserts, and researchers have established a strong correlation between food insecurity and increased diabetes rates. One study of Chicago neighborhoods found the death rate from diabetes in food deserts to be twice that of areas offering access to grocery stores, [14] while another conducted in California found that adults ages 50 and over from black and brown communities had double the diabetes rate of whites from the same age demographic. Food Is Power
  • Educating those in the community or tract of the food desert can help make changes, such as growing their own food and working with local convenience stores to sell healthier food options. Public awareness of food deserts can lead to healthy discourse and may even lead to ideas about how to end food deserts in America once and for all. Gardening Know-how
  • The key to getting food into food deserts is to make it as easy as possible for people to access fresh, healthy food. Shareable
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Lebensmittelwüste
Definition:
Das Landwirtschaftsministerium der Vereinigten Staaten definiert „Food Desert“ (Lebensmittelwüste) als einkommensschwaches Gebiet, in dem eine beträchtliche Anzahl oder ein hoher Prozentsatz von Einwohnern nur eingeschränkten Zugang zu einem Supermarkt oder großen Lebensmittelladen hat.
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Edith Kelly
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Definition from Goethe-Institut:
Das Landwirtschaftsministerium der Vereinigten Staaten definiert „Food Desert“ (Lebensmittelwüste) als einkommensschwaches Gebiet, in dem eine beträchtliche Anzahl oder ein hoher Prozentsatz von Einwohnern nur eingeschränkten Zugang zu einem Supermarkt oder großen Lebensmittelladen hat.

Example sentence(s):
  • Der verborgene Hunger in Lebensmittelwüsten (food deserts) Der verborgene Hunger ist auch ein Ausdruck der geografischen und sozialen Ungleichheit. Gesunde Lebensmittel und sauberes Trinkwasser sind nicht an jedem geografisch bewohnbarem Gebiet der Erde verfügbar. Doch viel mehr verhindert Armut im eigenen Haushalt und im Wohngebiet, dass selbst bei ausreichenden Ressourcen eine qualitativ hochwertige, mikronährstoffreiche Ernährung für derart benachteiligte Gruppen erreichbar ist. - students4kids  
  • Im «Brotkorb Amerikas» fehlt frisches Essen Die USA sind das reichste Land der Welt – trotzdem leben 39 Millionen Amerikaner in «Lebensmittelwüsten» mit wenig Zugang zu frischem Obst und Gemüse. Besonders bizarr ist die Situation in Agrarstaaten wie Iowa. - NZZ  
  • Aktionen sollen das Versprechen einlösen, bis 2025 nahrhafte Lebensmittel für 1 Milliarde Menschen verfügbar zu machen, Dole ruft "Sunshine for All"-Programm in einer der größten "Lebensmittelwüsten" Amerikas ins Leben: Jackson in Mississippi - Presseportal  
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 03:39
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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